2012 Topps Cards Up For Trade

I’m not going to collect 2012 Topps except for the minis and so I’m looking to get rid of the cards I don’t need.  Leave a comment on what you need and send me something “interesting” in return.  I’m not really concerned about a card for…

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Reader Mike D. actually gets to cover the Super Bowl for his job [Lucky!] and  he sent me this Danny Woodhead photo from Media Day. Thanks Mike! I think my wife’s disgust at seeing Danny’s hair after catching the touchdown tonight is only mat…

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2012 Topps Minis Needs ListBold = awaiting arrival/pending tradeLast Updated 2-5-12TM-1 Ryan BraunTM-2 Mike StantonTM-3 Eric HosmerTM-4 Michael YoungTM-5 Howie KendrickTM-6 Dustin AckleyTM-7 Joey VottoTM-8 Ian KinslerTM-9 Jason HeywardTM-10 Roy Hallada…

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Let’s begin with Aaron Rodgers as our MVP.  Couldn’t be happier!  Rodgers is the fifth Packer to win the award after some quarterback in the 90′s and early 00′s, Bart Star, Jim Taylor, and Paul Hornung.  Plus, he did some NBC pre-game wi…

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I picked these up from Jeff’s Sport Cards yesterday as a form of retail therapy preparing for today…each of these are numbered and 75¢.2008 Topps Stadium Club #175 Matt Flynn Rookie Card 0813/17992010 Score #103 AJ Hawk Scorecard #093/4992011 Panini…

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I haven’t purchased a blaster yet but I’m glad to see that the Commemorative Patches are back this year in the Topps blasters.  I have collected these for a few years now and I was excited to see what Topps has come up with this year for their pat…

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I recently purchased my first Bob Uecker card:1963 Topps #126 Bob UeckerAnd upon turning it over I was pleasantly reminded that, like Hank Aaron, Bob started his career with the Eau Claire Bears in the Northern League based in my hometown of Eau Claire…

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Here are the last of my Christmas cards: a blaster of 2008 Topps Series 2.

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Here are the latest additions to my Andy Pafko collection which include on upgraded original card, a whole bunch of “newer” Pafko reprints, and one custom 1-of-1 card.  My Pafko collection lives in this green tin which held my $10 repackage with a…

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4:39PM4:09PMGiants 10, Packers 3Here’s one of my favorite new Packer cards…a logo sticker:4:04PMSorting Packers cards and so was only half watching as we dropped passes and over threw wide open receivers…it’s tied 3-3.3:55PMHopefully we’ll get the …

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I posted this over on A Pack To Be Named Later and I thought I would list it here as well.  It’s me opening three packs of American Pie and some thoughts on the absence of Frank Zappa cards.  

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Thanks again AJ.  You can find new daddy, The Lost Collector here.

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 Over my Christmas vacation I stopped by The Field of Dreams in the Mall of America. They are still riding the “Brett Favre as a Viking” memorabilia train and I’ve never seen so many photos of Christian Ponder in one place…well maybe, on Sports …

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I’ve been working/avoiding this post for the better part of two weeks as it SUCKED SO MUCH to see them lose their perfect season to the hapless Chiefs with me in the stands.  But I’ve finally pushed through and finished the post that I hope you wi…

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When it comes to Hank Aaron cards I have only a few from when he was an active player and those were from his playing days as a Brewer.  So I’ve been trying to rectify that purchased this card at an obscenely low price from COMC.  The ’62 Top…

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Does anyone else feel obligated to buy the cards that you trade away on the Diamond Giveaway? I just bought this for a quarter after trading it for seven other 70′s cards with maybe a Dave Roberts super collector? Am I alone on this? I’ve done it a fe…

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,I’m not exactly sure how new this information is but it looks like the time available to redeem codes and make trades on the Topps Diamond Giveaway has changed slightly.  Along the left side of the site we have this message:Thank you for your sup…

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I haven’t been been posting too much but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been collecting…here are seven different versions of 2011 Topps #614 which highlights the Minnesota Twins Team Leaders as well as a Jim Thome walk off home run. Thank you to reader …

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I love life action covers for comic books and this shot is the best/most ridiculous part of this issue.  This shot is from the 1981 Disney film Condorman and is the cover of Condorman #3 published by Whitman Comics in 1981.Here’s the poster f…

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I’m going to take a page from Thorzul and try to move some relic/insert cards rather than using eBay or just letting them sit collecting dust in their white cardboard coffin. Each of the cards shown below are up for grabs and so if you are interested …

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The town I was born in, Eau Claire, WI, has a pretty interesting baseball history.  Hank Aaron played his first professional baseball game in Eau Claire when the Milwaukee Braves had a farm team there in the 50′s.  The center of Eau Claire ba…

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If you were to make a list of the recent product that deserve to be on the chopping block it would be 2010 Topps Chrome.  As anyone who has opened it knows, the quality of the cards is one of the worst ever as the cards are warped and each card re…

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As you’ve flipped around the interwebs these past few days I’m sure you’ve seen photos of the police response to the protesters at the University of California-Davis.  They look something like this:You may have also seen a really funny parody of t…

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During a trip to New Mexico for my work I stopped off at an antique shop that I had driven by a few times in El Paso.  You never know what card treasures will lie within and although I had hoped for your the best but as it often is, only disappoin…

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Last time I highlighted my non-baseball patch collection….and today I’ll give you my commemorative patch collection.  Since 2009, Topps has been including these reproduced patches in blasters of their flagship product.  I’ve always treated …

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